The ice and snow from last week’s winter storm has disappeared but it forced area schools to make adjustments and caused many to close.
Some area schools went to virtual learning, others closed and took snow days and several did both. Some of those were closed Wednesday through Friday, others just Thursday and Friday.
Dale School Acting Supt, Ky Wilkins, and Melody Toma, superintendent at Chandler, said they were closed Thursday and Friday. North Rock Creek Supt. Blake Moody stated, “We were closed Wednesday through Friday using snow days, no virtual.”
Dale High School basketball coach Jeff Edmonson said Dale’s home games with Adair on Saturday night were changed to play Roff at Vanoss instead.
Davenport High School Principal Misty Emmons said the school went to virtual learning Thursday.
They are on a four-day schedule so they were off on Friday, but Emmons noted the school’s senior night basketball game was rescheduled to this past Monday night.
A source at Prague said the school went to virtual learning on Wednesday, used a snow day on Thursday and was already scheduled off on Friday.
Agra School Supt. Jeff Kelly explained the school was on virtual learning Wednesday, then utilized snow days on Thursday and Friday to be off.
McLoud schools were virtual on Thursday and are off on Friday anyway due to their four-day week.
White Rock Supt. Alicia Ebers noted the school used snow days to be closed on Wednesday and Thursday and they, too, are off on Friday because of their four-day schedule.
Stroud School Supt. Joe Van Tuyl said, “We were virtual Wednesday through Friday.”
Meeker School Supt. Jeff Pruitt said his school district went to virtual learning during the winter storm.
Carney School Supt. Brian Keith confirmed his district was on virtual learning Wednesday and Thursday and they, too, are out on Fridays due to a four-day weekly schedule.
“We were already out on Friday, but we had to cancel our basketball games with Mulhall-Orlando Friday night,” he added.
Wellston Supt. Mike Franz said his district was closed Wednesday through Friday and used snow days while schools were out.
Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Brandon Morgan said there were no power outages in the county and Pottawatomie County EM Director Chad Larman reported only a few in that county.
Both indicated roads were slick and hazardous and Thursday but had improved significantly by late Friday.
Morgan said on Thursday, “Roads are just snow-packed but we don’t have any power outages.”
Pottawatomie County District 1 Commissioner had said Thursday, “All the roads are impassable. We chose to go out early this morning to blade off all the major collector streets first so the roads wouldn’t just keep accumulating.”
Larman concurred with Dennis Thursday, “roads are still slick and hazardous. Canadian Valley Electric has 63 power outages in Pottawatomie County.
He also said on Thursday, “I’m told I-40 east of the Earlsboro exit is down to one lane due to a jack-knifed semi.”
Larman reported later that Canadian Valley was down to six outages by late morning and those were in the Shawnee Twin Lakes area.